• Chapters 1-4
  CHAPTER I.
  BEFORE IT WAS A COUNTY
  CHAPTER II.
  HOW THE EARLY SETTLERS LIVED.
  ORGANIZATION OF UNION COUNTY.
  CHAPTER III.
  GROWTH OF POPULATION AND INDUSTRY
  CHAPTER IV.
  INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS LEAVE THE CONFINES OF THE HOME

• Chapters 5-8
  CHAPTER V.
  PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE APPEAR IN THE COUNTY
  CHAPTER VI.
  LAND ENTERED BY 1835
  CHAPTER VII.
  CENSUS OF 1835 AND HAPPENINGS BETWEEN 1830 AND 1845
  CHAPTER VIII.
  VOTING IN UNION COUNTY BEFORE 1850

• Chapters 9-11
  CHAPTER IX.
  CHURCHES OF UNION COUNTY BEFORE 1850
  INVENTIONS WHICH CAUSED CHANGES IN COUNTY
  CHAPTER X.
  UNION COUNTY'S FIRST NEWSPAPER
  CHAPTER XI. THE MARKET PRICE OF FOOD IN 1849.
  THE MEXICAN WAR. A CHANGE IN THE METHOD OF VOTING

• Chapters 12-14
  CHAPTER XII.
  LAND ENTERED IN UNION COUNTY BETWEEN 1835 AND 1850
  CHAPTER XIII.
  1850-1860 A PERIOD OF TRANSITION
  THE PLANK ROAD
  CHAPTER XIV.
  LAND ENTERED IN UNION COUNTY BETWEEN 1850 AND 1855

• Chapters 15-18
  CHAPTER XV.
  THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
  CHAPTER XVI.
  LAND ENTRIES BETWEEN 1855 AND 1860
  CHAPTER XVII.
  THE BEGINNING OF ANNA, ILLINOIS
  CHAPTER XVIII.
  THE BEGINNING OF DONGOLA, COBDEN, SARATOGA, LICK CREEK, MT. PLEASANT AND PRESTON

• Chapters 19-20
  CHAPTER XIX.
  PERSONAL TAXES IN 1860
  CHAPTER XX.
  UNION COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR

• Chapters 21-22
  CHAPTER XXI.
  LAND ENTRIES FROM 1860 TO 1920
  CHAPTER XXII.
  THE GROWTH OF POPULATION AFTER 1860

• Chapter 23
  CHAPTER XXIII.
  THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE

• Chapters 24-25
  CHAPTER XXIV.
  THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT
  THE FARM BUREAU
  CHAPTER XXV.
  THE CITY MARKETS OF COBDEN AND ANNA
  THE HORSE AND MULE MARKET

• Chapters 26-27
  CHAPTER XXVI.
  THE FORESTS OF UNION COUNTY THE REFORESTATION PROGRAM CHAPTER XXVII.
  THE SHAWNEE PURCHASE — THE C. C. C. CAMP

• Chapters 28-29
  CHAPTER XXVIII.
  MANUFACTURING AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
  CHAPTER XXIX.
  THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UNION COUNTY

• Chapter 30
  CHAPTER XXX.
  HISTORY OF PUBLIC ASSITANCE IN UNION COUNTY

• Chapter 32
  CHAPTER XXXII.
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AFTER 1930

• Chapters 33-34
  CHAPTER XXXIII.
  ROAD BUILDING IN UNION COUNTY
  CHAPTER XXXIV.
  PERSONAL TAXES IN UNION COUNTY AND CONCLUSION

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Dies at 105

Tilman Manus died at the home of his son, Andrew, in Anna last spring and was nearly 106 years old. Tilman was 24 years old when Lincoln and Douglas held their famous debate in Jonesboro and he served in the Union Army during the Civil War.

This picture was taken by a Gazette-Democrat photographer on his 105th birthday.